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Definition of Pecuniary
1. Adjective. Relating to or involving money. "He received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services"
Definition of Pecuniary
1. a. Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward.
Definition of Pecuniary
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pecuniary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecuniary
Literary usage of Pecuniary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen (1912)
"It is especially the rule of the conspicuous waste of goods that finds expression
in dress, although the other, related principles of pecuniary repute are ..."
2. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1793)
"Of pecuniary and corporal ... the Germans admitted of none but pecuniary ...
he ordains neither always pecuniary, nor always corporal ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"XII. perfection of frugality, in a mode of is where not only no superfluous to
pecuniary pajn js produced on the part of the person pu- ..."
4. Theory and Practice of Estate Accounting for Accountants, Lawyers, Executors by Frederick Henry Baugh, William Christian Schmeisser (1910)
"An example of a pecuniary legacy is as follows: "I bequeath to ... All pecuniary
legacies paid by the executor (not specific or residuary legacies) should ..."
5. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"The penitents who were reconciled under Edicts of Grace were not subject to
confiscation, but were punished with fines under the guise of pecuniary penance, ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"73 In the heroic times of Greece, the guilt of murder was expiated by a pecuniary
satisfaction to the family of the deceased ..."
7. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"It was by slow degrees that beasts lost their ' pecuniary' character. A process
of differentiation went on within each genus of animals; the genus equus ..."
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